1 FOYER, MDC.C 8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION AXON 1
9:00 – 9:15 OPENING AND WELCOME Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin
Chairman of the Scientific Council, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
9:15 – 10:00 KEYNOTE TALK I: JOB-‐HUNTING AND TALENT RECRUITING – A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE Dr. Nina Tölle
Research Laboratory Head, Boehringer Ingelheim, Department of Medical Chemistry (Vienna, Austria)
10:00 – 10:45 KEYNOTE TALK II: SELF-‐BRANDING AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE Dr. Barbara Janssens
PhD Career Manager, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), (Heidelberg, Germany) 10:45 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
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AXON 1
11:00 – 11:30 TALK: ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATHWAYS IN LIFE SCIENCES
Thorsten Abs
Managing Director academics.de (Hamburg, Germany), Career Day Media Partner AXON 1 12:00 – 12:40 CV CLINIC Session 1 13:20 – 14:00 CV CLINIC Session 2
Advisors will be available on a first-‐come, first-‐served basis for a brief (15 min. max) individual discussion of your CV (please do not forget to bring a printed copy!).
Dr. Kristin Breitschopf
Research Group Leader, Sanofi-‐Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany)
Dr. Inka Gotthardt
MDC Graduate Office (Berlin, Germany)
Dr. Barbara Janssens
PhD Career Manager, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), (Heidelberg, Germany)
Dr. Jeannette Libera-‐Koerner
BIH/MDC Technology Transfer Office (Berlin, Germany)
Dr. Sabine Loewer
MDC Graduate Office (Berlin, Germany)
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11:00 – 16:00 CAREER FAIR / BOOTHS
Booth Number / Organizations and Companies
1. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlin, Germany)
2. PhD/Postdoc programs at the MDC and FMP (Campus Berlin-‐Buch, Germany) 3. Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) (Berlin, Germany)
4. EU-‐LIFE (with representatives from the CRG, Spain; MDC, Germany) 5. EMBO (Heidelberg, Germany)
6. marktreif.berlin – BBB Management GmbH (Berlin, Germany) 7. ABG-‐DHF (Saarbrücken, Germany)
8. VBio (Berlin, Germany)
9. PAREXEL International GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
10.Teaching opportunities (“Labor trifft Lehrer”, MDC; Gläsernes Labor, Campus Berlin-‐Buch) 11.DKFZ – The German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany)
12.McKinsey & Company (Berlin, Germany) 13.Contact Singapore (Frankfurt office, Germany)
14.Sanofi-‐Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) 15.academics.de (Hamburg, Germany)
16.Bayer Business Consulting (Leverkusen, Germany)
4 DENDRIT 2/3
11:15 – 14:00 COMPANY PRESENTATIONS
11:15 – 12:00 marktreif.berlin mit BBB Management GmbH und Bucher Kooperationen 12:00 – 12:15 McKinsey & Company
12:15 – 12:45 PAREXEL International GmbH 12:45 – 13:15 Sanofi Aventis
13:15 – 13:45 Bayer Business Consulting
AXON 2
11:00 -‐ 11:40 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | EXTRA ROUND *NEW* Only selected speakers! See below. 12:00 -‐ 12:40 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | ROUND 1
13:20 -‐ 14:00 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | ROUND 2
Scientists and professionals with a range of different career paths will tell you about their current role and give some tips on getting a job in a similar setting. These sessions will be organized as round-‐table discussions with one speaker leading discussion at each table.
*Registration for these round-‐tables is mandatory. Each participant can register for one or two sessions (with different speakers), whose career roles/pathways are of most interest.
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
1. Working for Government
Dr. Peter Wend
(MDC Alumnus), Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, (Berlin, Germany)
2. Research in Industry | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am Dr. Maliha Shah
(MDC Alumna), Researcher, Piramal Imaging GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
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3. Research Management | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am
Dr. Michela Bertero,
Head of International and Scientific Affairs, Center for Genomic Regulation, EU-‐Life alliance (Barcelona, Spain)
4. Clinical Research Organizations/Clinical Trials Management | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am
Dr. Katja Welsch,
(MDC Alumna), Clinical Logistics Leader, PAREXEL International GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
5. Technology Transfer & Commercialization of Research/Senior Management in Biotech
Dr. Karen Uhlmann,
(MDC Alumna), CEO Omeicos Therapeutics GmbH, MDC spin-‐off (Berlin, Germany)
6. Science Publishing
Dr. Phoebe Markovic, Editor of the Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany)
7. Research in Industry | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am
Dr. Nina Tölle Research Laboratory Head at Boehringer Ingelheim, Department of Medical Chemistry (Vienna, Austria)
AXON 1
14:00 -‐ 16:00 FELLOWSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
14:00 – 14:10 OPENING REMARKS
14:10 – 14:30 EMBO, Dr. Andrea Hutterer, Fellowship Programme Manager, (Heidelberg, Germany) 14:30 – 14:50 DAAD, Daniel Zimmermann, (Berlin Office, Germany)
14:50 – 15:10 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Matthias Hergenhan (Berlin Office, Germany) 15:10 – 15:30 BIH Academy, Dr. Iwan Meij, MDC Alumnus (Berlin, Germany)
6 15:30 – 15:50 Loréal foundation “WOMEN FOR SCIENCE” and the Christiane Nüsslein-‐Volhard-‐Foundation,
Katja Herzog (MDC), fellowship-‐holder (Berlin, Germany) 16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
AXON 1
16:30 – 18:00 EVENING PANEL DISCUSSION
EARLY-‐CAREER RESEARCHERS: TRENDS & CHALLENGES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT MODERATOR: Jan-‐Martin Wiarda
Head of Communications, Helmholtz Association (Berlin, Germany), long-‐time Editor of the “Chances” Section DIE ZEIT
PANELISTS: Dr. Katrina Binger
Postdoc Representative, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin
Dr. Tobias Jürgen Erb
Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
Dr. Janine Kirstein-‐Miles
Junior Group Leader, Leibniz-‐Institut for Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin
Dr. Janet Metcalfe
Chair and Head of Vitae, London (UK) Anja Schillhaneck
(Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Vice President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Spokeswoman for Science, Research, Technology and European Affairs